1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Hello, Hello, I'm Kelsey Nixon, and this is Kitchen Prescription, 2 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: the podcast you listen to and you don't know what 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: to make for dinner. So I shared something this week 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: on Instagram that started a conversation about snacking during the 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: summer months, and I was so happy to find out 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: that I am not alone when it comes to snacking, 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 1: particularly if you are raising young kids and you've got 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: a house full of kids during the summer months, snacking 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: can be this point of contention daily, because I swear 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: to you, the question that I am asked more than 11 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: anything else between June and August is mom, can I 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: have a snack? And that's okay, that's totally it's totally fine, 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: but it starts to drive me crazy. And so I 14 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: started doing something a couple of weeks ago and it's 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: been working out so great. So I made a reel 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: about this and I shared it. There was a really 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: great conversation in the comments about what some of you 18 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: guys do to manage snacking when people are home a 19 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: little bit more often than usual. So what I shared 20 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: and what's been working for us is this idea of 21 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: a fridge snack. I should probably come up with a 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: catchier name, but really it's just a fridge snack. So 23 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: when my kids say, Mom, can I have a snack, 24 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: and I know they've already had four granola bars and 25 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: six packs of fruit snacks and chips and who else 26 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: knows what, I say, Yeah, you can have a fridge snack. 27 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: And in our fridge we have a shelf dedicated to snacking. 28 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: We call it the snack shelf. That's a catchier that's 29 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: a catchy phrase, right, our snack shelf. And they can 30 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: have whatever they want from there anytime, and that it 31 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: makes it easy for me to always be able to 32 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: say yes, because nine times out of ten, if they 33 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: are going to pick something from the snacking shelf in 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: the fridge, it's going to be a lot healthier than 35 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: what's coming from the pantry. So I want to get 36 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: into talking about snacking a little bit more. But for 37 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: those of you who are here for some meal idids 38 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: this week, let me get you those recipes, and then 39 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: if you're interested in talking about snacking and a few 40 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: more ideas I have for you, hang tight to the 41 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: back half of the podcast. But first let's jump into 42 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: sharing a few recipes. They're going to help you get 43 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: a meal plan put together this week to hopefully make 44 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: things feel a bit more manageable at dinner time. All right, 45 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: First up, black bean tikitos with avocado corn salsa. Now, 46 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you this is a Recipe Club recipe, 47 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: and it was the second most popular recipe that members 48 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: voted on last month, and I was really excited about it. 49 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: But my biggest hesitation in developing this recipe was, I 50 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: don't know about you guys, but for years, if my 51 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: family was even taketos, they were frozen taketos that I 52 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: bought from Costco or somewhere else, right, So I thought, 53 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: if I'm going to ask people to make a recipe 54 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: that is so easy to purchase frozen, it better be 55 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: a heck of a lot better. And it is. I 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: am so happy to tell you it's so worth making these. 57 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: And honestly, they are not difficult. None of the Recipe 58 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: Club recipes are, but these in particular are so easy 59 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: to put together and they freeze great. So in fact, 60 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: they're so simple that my nearly ten year old Ali, 61 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: he's almost ten years old, a couple of weeks he 62 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: had so much fun making these with me. They've got 63 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: black beans. That's got some Salsaveri in there, which is 64 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: such take good kind of shortcut ingredient to use, because 65 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: when you use sal saverde, it's typically a pretty clean 66 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: shortcut ingredient, but you've got so much flavor. You've got garlic, 67 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: and lots of times you'll have tomatillos, lots of things 68 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: that really pack a punch in one kind of shortcut 69 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: that's it's fantastic. And then I use kind of my 70 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: trio of spices. I like to use chili powder and 71 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: cuman and all that good Mexican flavor. There's a red 72 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: bell pepper in the filling. And while the recipe is 73 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: written vegetarian, meaning there is no meat in it, you 74 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: could absolutely add some ground beef. You could add try 75 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: to chicken, anything like that. So you roll them up, 76 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: you tap them with cheese, you bake them off and 77 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: it's delicious. And I joked with Ali that we're gonna 78 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: have to start replacing Taco Tuesday for Takido Tuesday because 79 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: we do a lot of taco Tuesdays and we just 80 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: top these like we normally top our tacos. We added 81 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: pickled onions, we added shredded cheese. We make this delicious 82 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: avocado corn salsa that's in the recipe. That's some corn 83 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: and avocado and some crumbled cotiha or queso fresco, a 84 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: little lime cilandro. Oh it's so yummy. It's so so yummy. 85 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: So this is a hit, and I wanted to share 86 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: this because if you're hoping to make something that you 87 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: can stick in the freezer and have easy access for 88 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: kids to grab and reheat throughout the summer months, this 89 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: recipe is fantastic, so good, but also good enough that 90 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: you if you were entertaining, like let's say you had 91 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: people over for I don't know, maybe you have a 92 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: pool you're having a pool party, or you're having you know, 93 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: you're something for the fourth or whatever. This would be 94 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: a great recipe to serve a crowd because you can 95 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: make a lot. The recipe makes twenty tikitos and it 96 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: comes together pretty quickly. So that's your first recipe suggestion 97 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: for the week. My second one is my wal dwarf 98 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: chicken salad sandwiches. And I'm so excited to be able 99 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: to share these with you guys. I typically only show 100 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: them during the summer months because to me, they're the 101 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: most ideal picnic food. I love a chicken salad sandwich, 102 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: but if I'm going to have chicken salad, it can't 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: be made by anyone other than me, meaning I got it. 104 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: There's something about buying pre made chicken salad that I 105 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: just am fundamentally against. But this comes together real easily. 106 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: I use a shredded rotistory chicken shocker. The recipe's written. 107 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: If you want to cook your chicken, you can easily 108 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: do that, or you can just swap it out for 109 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: the shredded rotistory chicken. And then it's got a combo 110 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: of mayo and sour cream, some whole grain mustard class 111 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: ingredients like celery, and then that wall dwarf aspect, which 112 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: you get the grapes and the apple. If you want to, 113 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: you can at chop cons and some parsley, and then 114 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: we always serve it on croissants. It is just so 115 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: to me. It is like summer in sandwich form. I 116 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: love it. It's also kind of one of my go 117 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: tos if I am hosting like a baby shower or 118 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: a bridal shower and I need something to make a head. 119 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: This is really good. Also, this is just good to 120 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: make a head and having your fridge for the week 121 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: and pull out to eat with crackers or hey, if 122 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: you want to have a krissomed at lunch, by all 123 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: means knock yourself out, but it's just good. It's really 124 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: really good. And then third is my sheet pan beef 125 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: from broccoli. I know I've mentioned that here before, but 126 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: as I was coming up with male planning ideas, I 127 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: asked Ali and I said, what should we what do 128 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: you want to have this week? And he said, sheep 129 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: pan beefrom broccoli. Well, he didn't say sheep pan, he 130 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: just said beef from broccoli. And I said, okay. And 131 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm telling you guys, that is such a good tip 132 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: if you I swear that when it comes to making 133 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: a plan, the thing that people hate most is the 134 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: decision fatigue. They just want someone to make the decision 135 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: for them. So if you live in a household with 136 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: people who are capable of making that decision, which my 137 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: guess is most of you do ask them when you 138 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: don't know, say you gotta give me one recipe, or 139 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: what do you want this week? It helps, It really does. 140 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: So I'm thrilled to make this because I love this dish, 141 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: and it's bright and it's colorful. And the thing that's 142 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: really great about this dish, and I always forget until 143 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: I make it, is that the marinade that you make 144 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: for the beef is incredibly flavorful, just so so delicious. Obviously, 145 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: all comes together on one sheet pan, really simple ingredients, 146 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: and use a skirt steak cut into one inch chunks. 147 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: Then there's rice, white vinegar, and some brown sugar and 148 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: some soy sauce, and use broccoli and red bell pepper. 149 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: That's one thing I like to do is even though 150 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: it's traditionally just beef and broccoli, I like adding a 151 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: red bell pepper in there. Not only does it add 152 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: some color in some variety, but from my kids who 153 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: don't liked cooked vegetables, really, just my five year old, 154 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: she loves a raw red bell pepper. So when I'm 155 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 1: prepping the meal, I can set aside some of the 156 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: raw red bell pepper for her and she still gets 157 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: a veggiean and it works out great. So those are 158 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: your three recipes. The black bean tikitos with that avocado 159 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: corn salsa, so delicious. It's a recipe Club recipe if 160 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: you're not a member, we would love to have you. 161 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: I swear my best recipes are in Recipe Club. The 162 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: second recipe is the Waldorf Chicken Salad sandwich, which you 163 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: can find on my website, along with the sheet pan 164 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: beef and broccoli. We'll also link all of these in 165 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: the show notes for you guys. But those are three 166 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: simple recipes you can throw on a meal plan this 167 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: week and hopefully make meal time feel a bit more manageable. 168 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to talking about snacking in 169 00:09:52,400 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: the summer. So one summer officially kicks off, where the 170 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: morning of the first day of the summer, we've no 171 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: sooner woken up than I feel like someone is asking 172 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: me for a snack, not breakfast, a snack, or as 173 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: my cue to your open he would say, snack. Why 174 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: do kids love snacks so much? I mean, I love 175 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: a snack. I guess I can't blame them. But there's 176 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: something about snacking during this time of year that it 177 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: just feels like it can get out of control so easily, 178 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: and then before you know what, you're spoiling meal time 179 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: and you're throwing schedules out of whack. And so we 180 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: really needed to put a system in place for snacking. 181 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: I think that maybe it's rooted in the fact that 182 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: in summertime it just kind of means less routine and 183 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: there's more mindless snacking. I want to talk about this, 184 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 1: so in the beginning of the podcast, I kind of 185 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: talked about this snacking shelf in our fridge, and that 186 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: really has been working quite well for us. It hasn't 187 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: completely solved the problem, but it does help. And I 188 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: do find that when my kids say, can I have 189 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: a snack, and I think you can have a fridge snack, 190 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: sometimes they just decide I don't want a fridge snack, 191 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: and so it cuts down on some of that mindless snacking. 192 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: And look, I never want to be restrictive in any 193 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: way for my kids, but I do want them to 194 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: eat at meal time. That's my bigger concern is them 195 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: kind of spoiling our time when we have meals together. 196 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: And I have found that I needed to move our 197 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: dinner time up, and that's happened within the past couple 198 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: of months. But when my kids started asking for so 199 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: many snacks in between school, getting out and dinner, I realized, Okay, 200 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: there's a problem where we got to bump dinner up. 201 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: Thirty minutes, and that really really helped. So if you're 202 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: finding yourself frustrated by that late afternoon request, think about 203 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: bumping dinner time up. That might help as well. Okay, 204 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: another thing we are going to try, because I don't know, 205 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: we're a little bit of a house. Divide it and 206 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: maybe this is not your house. But if I was 207 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: totally in charge of all the food, I probably would 208 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: tend to buy healthier snacks, like I'm probably gonna buy 209 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: them apple chips as opposed to the Doritos. My husband's like, 210 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: these are kids, let them live, let them have the 211 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: cool ranch Doritos. And I'm like, okay, okay, we'll buy 212 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: a box now and then. And it's fine. So we 213 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: do try and do you be somewhat balanced, but we're 214 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: also very normal in quotes people meaning that you will 215 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: find fruit snacks, you will find goldfish, you'll find some 216 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: of those things in my pantry as well. I have 217 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: found that if I just put it all out and 218 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: it's a free for all, they go through it so fat, 219 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: so fast. Like if the Doritos show up, I swear 220 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: they last three days and then we're done. And I'm 221 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: not just going to keep buying those over and over again. 222 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: So this is something we're going to try. The snack basket. Okay, 223 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: just hear me out. This really is only applicable to 224 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: my older two kids, because my two year old isn't 225 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: old enough to really understand this, but my five year 226 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: old and my ten year old are. So we have 227 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: a pretty small kitchen. And then I'll do my best 228 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: to explain this. And then in our backyard, we have 229 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: like a single car garage that is separate from the 230 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: garage ry park our cars where we store bikes and 231 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: skateboards and sports stuff. And we've got some shelving in 232 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 1: there where we can store non perishable foods and kind 233 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: of backstock. And so I decided to take those types 234 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: of snacks and keep the bulk of them there. And 235 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: then everyone gets a snack basket in our pantry cupboard 236 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: in the house. So Ali gets a basket, Nor gets 237 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: a basket. And at the beginning of the week, they 238 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: can pick ten things, right, they can literally go out 239 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: and shop for their snacks and they put them in 240 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: their snack basket. And I'm talking like Monday through Friday, 241 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: and then that's what they get. Those are the snacks 242 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: for the week. So if they eat all of them 243 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: on Monday then and keeping my knees are the pantry snacks, 244 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: they still have access to the fridge snacks, then those 245 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: fun snacks are gone. Right. Well, we're going to see 246 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: how this works, you guys. I wanted to create this 247 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: because I was getting so frustrated by them fighting, saying, 248 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: well she ate all of the x y z or 249 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: he ate the last x y z. So this way 250 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: everyone knows what they've got. It's independent, and then I 251 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: don't know, I think that it really can kind of 252 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: help them think about do I want to eat this 253 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: or do I not want to eat this right now? 254 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: Once again, nothing about restricting anything. They always have access 255 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: to things in the fridge, but it's just kind of 256 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: those empty calorie types of snacks that I'm not a 257 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: huge fan of having an endless supply of. So those 258 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: are my two best tips, the snacking shelf and the 259 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: snack basket, and maybe they'd be helpful to you as 260 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: you approached the summer months. Now back to the fridge snacks. 261 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to share some of the things that I 262 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: like to keep on hand and that my kids actually 263 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: eat and go through. So string cheese is a big hit. 264 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: Salami sticks. I'm a Costco shopper, and so my Costco 265 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: in the past two places i've lived, both in California 266 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: and Oregon, have sold these great little packs of like 267 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: it's a provolone cheese salami combo and one of those 268 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: with some rich crackers or other crackers. And my kids 269 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: think that's awesome. So that's a great source of protein. 270 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: We're also big fans of the salami sticks that Trader 271 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: Joe's sells, although they've been out of them forever. I 272 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: hate it when that happens. But just something along those lines, 273 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: Pepperoni whatever. Balanced Bites I believe that's a Sargento product, 274 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: but it's really similar to kind of what I just described, 275 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: and I get those at Costco as well. It's a 276 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: couple of cubes of cheese and it's some crackers as well, 277 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: and it's just a really easy way to say, here, 278 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: have a snack and it's contained, or grab this to 279 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: eat in the car on your way to baseball practice 280 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: or to dance. So balanced bites those are great they, 281 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: Like I said, I get those at Costco. Yogurt's a 282 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: huge hit for two of my three children. Right now, 283 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: I've had the best luck with the what is it called? 284 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: They're the go girts, and they're the kind without any dies. 285 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: Oh what is it called? What is it called? You 286 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about, right you're all saying it 287 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: out loud. Anyways, it doesn't matter what it is. The 288 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: tubes are great for us in the age of my 289 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: kids because I can keep them in the fridge, and 290 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: then I can also keep them in the freezer and 291 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: they kind of pass for a popsicle kind of kind of. Oh, 292 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: popsicles are a whole nother thing. But love those go girts. 293 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: Fruit This is obvious, no brainer. Apples, grapes, berries, watermelon, pineapple, 294 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: stuff like that. But what I did want to point 295 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: out is with apples, my girls in particular love dipping 296 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: apples and peanut butter, and that's a great way to 297 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: kind of get a little bit of protein in there 298 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: or other nut butters. And with grapes, once my grapes 299 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: start to get a little soft, because my kids are 300 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: very picky about soft grapes, I put them in the freezer, 301 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: and frozen grapes are so delicious. Veggies and dip so 302 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: I have actually a whole bin a divided bin from 303 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: Container's store where I keep baby carrots in the front, 304 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: and then sometimes I get those mini bell peppers. I 305 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: don't think they're called bell. I think they're just mini peppers, 306 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: but they're sweet peppers. They're not hot. And then in 307 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 1: the back we have the day, so we have hummus, 308 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: we have guacamole, and then we have my kids love ranch. Shocker, 309 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: I know, but if a dip motivates you to put 310 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: a vegetable in your body as a snack, fantastic, that's great. 311 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: And so that's a really good thing to have on hand. 312 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: And then I'll also throw some pouches in the fridge 313 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: sometimes too, whether they're apple sauce pouches or Costco sells 314 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: kind of a fruit and veggie pouch that my girls like, 315 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: and that works as well. So those are a couple 316 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: of I literally just walked you through the snacking shelf 317 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: in my fridge. I just kind of stoked it up 318 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: for the week, and that's what it looks like. But 319 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: if you guys have any other ideas, you know, I'd 320 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: love to hear. So go find that reel about our 321 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: snacking shelf and leave me a comment about something that 322 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: is a big hit with your kids. Now, the last 323 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: thing I want to say is, I think it's also 324 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 1: just important to be aware that when we're adjusting to 325 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: a new skit, your kids rhythm might just be off 326 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: of it, and it's important, as apparent, to kind of 327 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: adjust accordingly. And so it's different. Our kids are used 328 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: to sitting all day in a school setting, and now 329 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: hopefully not in school. They are more active and they're 330 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: playing more, and so they're maybe working on more of 331 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: an appetite. So that's why I really I don't like 332 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: this idea of restricting in any way, but making that 333 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: fridge totally accessible and then on some of the more 334 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: fun snacks, the more indulgent snacks, the snacks of my childhood, 335 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: definitely giving access to those, but not necessarily providing an 336 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: endless supply of those. And it's taken me removing those 337 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: from the heart of our kitchen to kind of create 338 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: a boundary there. And yeah, we'll see how it goes. 339 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: So there you have at you, guys, my best tips 340 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: for snacking during the summer. And to be honest, this 341 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: all applies to adults too. Right, if every time I 342 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: wanted a snack and I said Kelsey, you gotta have 343 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: a fridge snack, I'd probably be eating a lot healthier, 344 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: so maybe I will join the family effort for better snacking. 345 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: All right, thank you so much for listening today, and 346 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: thank you to all of you who have left such 347 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: lovely reviews, and not only that, if you've left a 348 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. I'm so appreciative. But 349 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: so many of you are sharing on social and that 350 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: means the world to me, you know, quickly sharing on 351 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,239 Speaker 1: an Instagram story or someone actually posted about it in 352 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: their feed the other day, and it just makes my day. 353 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: It helps other people who struggle to get dinner on 354 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: the table find the podcast, it helps them, and that's 355 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: ultimately what I am all about, getting people to the 356 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: dinner table, and that's why I do this. That's why 357 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: I prioritize this podcast, and I am so grateful for 358 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: the time you spend listening. Have a wonderful summary week, 359 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: and I can't wait to chat with you in a 360 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: few days. Bybye.